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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>ISAIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 65
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Ancient Israel rejected for rejecting the Lord—The Lord’s people will rejoice and triumph during the Millennium.
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I am</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rom. 10: 20.">sought</a> of <i>them that</i> asked not <i>for me;</i> I am found of <i>them that</i> sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation <i>that</i> was not called by my <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/65/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 63: 19.">name</a>.
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I have spread out my hands all the day unto a <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rom. 10: 21; 2 Ne. 1: 2.">rebellious</a> people, which walketh in a way <i>that was</i> not good, after their own thoughts;
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A people that provoketh me to <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Anger.">anger</a> continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/65/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 20: 25 (24-25).">brick</a>;
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<sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/4a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB Who sit.">Which</a> remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable <i>things is in</i> their vessels;
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Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 9: 11 (10-12); Luke 18: 11; Alma 31: 16 (13-19).">holier</a> than thou.  These <i>are</i> a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
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Behold, <i>it is</i> written before me: I will not keep silence, but will <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 16: 18; Mosiah 12: 1; D&C 1: 10.">recompense</a>, even recompense into their bosom,
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Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 20: 27.">blasphemed</a> me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
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&#182; Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, As the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/8a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR grape juice.">new</a> wine is found in the cluster, and <i>one</i> saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing <i>is</i> in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/65/8b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 18: 32 (23-32).">not</a> destroy them all.
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And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 69: 35 (35-36).">Judah</a> an inheritor of my mountains: and mine <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/65/9b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Election.">elect</a> shall <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/65/9c" mark="c" type="A" title="Deut. 18: 9.">inherit</a> it, and my servants shall dwell there.
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And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Hosea 2: 15.">Achor</a> a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
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&#182; But ye <i>are</i> they that forsake the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/11a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB Gad (an idol of fortune).">troop</a>, and that furnish the drink offering unto that <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/65/11b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB Meni (an idol of fate).">number</a>.
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Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 66: 4.">called</a>, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose <i>that</i> wherein I delighted not.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
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Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 8: 12.">howl</a> for vexation of spirit.
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And ye shall leave your name for a <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 28: 37.">curse</a> unto my chosen: for the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span> shall slay thee, and call his servants by another <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/65/15b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 62: 2; Rev. 2: 17; D&C 130: 11 (10-11).">name</a>:
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That he who <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/16a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE invokes blessings in his own behalf.">blesseth</a> himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/65/16b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE make covenants through the power of God.">swear</a> by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
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&#182; For, behold, I <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Creator.">create</a> new <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/65/17b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Heaven.">heavens</a> and a <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/65/17c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Earth, Renewal of; TG Millennium.">new</a> <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/65/17d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Earth, Destiny of.">earth</a>: and the <sup>e</sup><a href="isa/65/17e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG World, End of.">former</a> shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
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But be ye glad and rejoice for ever <i>in that</i> which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 35: 10.">rejoicing</a>, and her people a joy.
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And I will <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 62: 5.">rejoice</a> in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
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There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/20a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Old Age.">old</a> man that hath not filled his days: for the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/65/20b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 101: 30.">child</a> shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner <i>being</i> an hundred years old shall be accursed.
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And they shall build houses, and inhabit <i>them;</i> and they shall plant vineyards, and <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 101: 101.">eat</a> the fruit of them.
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They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 101: 30.">tree</a> <i>are</i> the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
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They shall not <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/23a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Labor.">labour</a> in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they <i>are</i> the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/65/23b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 61: 9.">seed</a> of the blessed of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and their <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/65/23c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Family, Eternal.">offspring</a> with them.
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And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 9: 26.">answer</a>; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
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The <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/65/25a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Peace.">wolf</a> and the lamb shall <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/65/25b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Ne. 30: 12 (12-15).">feed</a> together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust <i>shall be</i> the serpent’s meat.  They shall not <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/65/25c" mark="c" type="A" title="Isa. 60: 18 (17-22).">hurt</a> nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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